Safety-stirrup.



G. S. NEIDIGH.

SAFETY STIRRUP.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 25, 1912.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 25, 1912.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE S. NEIDIGH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sumner, in the county of Lawrence and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Stirrups, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stirrups; and the object of my invention is to provide a stirrup so constructed that should the riders foot get caught in dismounting or in being accidentally thrown from the animal, the stirrup will automatically and instantly release the riders foot.

With these and other objects in view, the

present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure 1, is a front view of the stirrup. Fig. 2, is a section on line 2, 2, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is an edge view showing the pintle and spring. Fig. 4., is a section on line 4:, 4:, of Fig. 3. Fig. 5, is a fragmentary detail of the apertured end of one of the stirrup members.

In my present invention I provide a stirrup of a simple and inexpensive character and of a durable construction arranged so that the riders foot cannot get caught within the stirrup.

In carrying out the aim of my invention, I employ a bow made of fiat resilient sheet metal including the centrally curved portion 5, from which upon one side is continued the bent member 1, while from the opposite side extends the bent member 2. This central portion 5, is in the form of a half cylinder as shown in Fig. 2, about which the strap carrying the stirrup passes as is usual in the art.

As shown in the drawings the side member 1, has the hasp opening 7, near the lever end and also the adjacent outstanding guide flange 8, while located above the hasp opening 7 is the aperture 9, this arrangement being shown in Fig. 5. The opposite member 2, ends in the pin sleeve 10, carrying the pin 11.

Secured to the outer face of the member 1,

below the hasp opening 7, is the guide ear 12, while located in alinement with the guide ear 12, and above the aperture 9, is the guide car 13. Revolubly held within the guide ears 12 and 13, is the pintle 14, having trunnions l5 and 16, held respectively within the ears 12 and 13. As shown this pintle has the outstanding lever '17, which extends through the aperture 9, transversely across the stirrup in a manner disclosed in Fig. 1. This pintle 14:, is further provided with a hasp lug 18, which normally extends through the opening 7, as shown in Fig.4. Surrounding the pintle 14:, is the coil spring '20, which normally force the lever 17 in one direction this'lever as shown in Fig. 2, being stopped againstthe edge 21, this edge limiting the outward movement of the lever 17.

Pivotally connected to the pin 11, carried within the-sleeve 10, is the tread plate 2 1,

having the upwardly extending lip 25. As shown in Fig. 2, this lip 25, is provided with the seat 26, within the end, and the adjacent slot 27 The lip 25 is arranged to be sprung and held against the inner face of the stirrup portion 1, in the manner shown in Fig. I. The flange 8, is arranged to work into the seat 26, and engage over the lip 25, of the stirrup as shown in Fig. 2, while the hasp lug 18, extends through the opening 27, which in one position registers with the opening 7, within the side member 1.

Now should the riders foot engage the lever 17, as in being thrown or in dismounting the lever 17, will be carried backward. This backward movement of the lever will result in a partial turning of the pintle 14, resulting in the hasp lug 18, riding out of the opening 27, resulting in the tread portion 24, of the stirrup dropping downward, to instantly release the riders foot.

To again readjust the stirrup it is simply necessary to force the member 1, outward a sufiicient distance to permit the lip 25, engaging the inner face of this stirrup section, and carrying the lever 17 against the tension of the spring to permit the hasp lug 18, finding a seat within the opening 27.

A stirrup constructed according to my invention is simple and positive of action and the same can be instantly operated to release the riders foot.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A safety stirrup having in combination, a

bow made of resilient material, including a central curved portion having a bent side member extending from each end thereof, one of said members ending in a pin sleeve, the opposite member having a hasp opening and an outstanding guide flange near the lower end and an aperture near the upper end, and an ear secured to the outer face of said last mentioned member below said opening, a guide ear above said aperture, a pintle ending in trunnions held in said ears and having an outstanding lever extending through said aperture transversely across the stirrup, a hasp lug extending from said pintle through said opening, a tread plate hingedly connected to said pin sleeve and having a laterally extending lip with a seat in the end and a slot adjacent to said seat, said seat engaging said flange, said hasp lug engaging Within said slot, and a coil spring 20 surrounding said pintle and normally forcing said hasp lug through said hasp opening and yieldingly holding said lever in normal position, as and for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of tvvo witnesses.

CLYDE S. NEIDIGH. Witnesses:

F. A. THOMPSON, J. F. ORR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

